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Visits to the Vatican Museums will be by reservation only.
The Vatican Museums will reopen to the public on 1 June after a closure of almost three-months due to the covid-19 emergency, however the museums will be access...
Is defence spending in China more important than a virus?
The Chinese government has announced that defence spending in 2020 will rise 6.6% from the 2019 figures. The new amount is 179 billio...
City gives Rome businesses more outdoor space to help them get through 2020.
Rome's restaurants, bars and bookshops will be granted the use of up to 35 per cent extra public space outside their premises throughout 2020,...
Italy to celebrate national day with aerial display by Frecce Tricolori.
Rome has cancelled the military parade that traditionally marks the Festa della Repubblica, a national public holiday on Tuesday 2 June, due to th...
The Lazio Region has thanked Rome street artist Harry Greb for his 'Abbraccio' (hug) mural dedicated to victims of covid-19.
The mural, described as a "significant and powerful gesture" by regional health councillor A...
Public transport at risk in Rome on Friday 29 May.Rome commuters can expect a four-hour transport strike involving the city's public transit authority ATAC on Friday 29 May, according to the website of Italy's transport...
Police in Rome to curb gatherings on first post-lockdown weekend.
Rome police are to patrol areas of the city associated with nightlife during this weekend - the first after Italy eased its lockdown restrictions on 18 M...
Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome to open by reservation only.
Rome's Doria Pamphilj Gallery and its priceless art collection reopens to the public on 30 May after a closure of more than two months due to the covid-19 cris...
Rome summer music festival at auditorium moves to 2021.
The 2020 edition of Roma Summer Fest, Rome's annual programme of live concerts at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, has been cancelled, organisers have announced....
New social distancing technology for visitors to the Duomo in Florence.
Florence's Duomo, the city's Cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore, reopens to the public on 22 May following a closure of more than two months due to It...
Italian premier calls on Italians to take staycation in Italy.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has invited Italians to spend their summer holidays in the capital - which she described as "a safe city" - as Italy's battered to...
Centenary exhibition to be held at Sordi's villa in Rome.
Rome will host an exhibition dedicated to the life and career of the much-loved Roman actor Alberto Sordi (1920-2003) at his former residence near the Baths of C...
Italian airports to reopen to domestic and international flights.
All Italian airports will start reopening again from 3 June, with flights permitted between regions as well as to and from foreign destinations, announce...
Rome residents can sunbathe and swim at beaches in Lazio from 29 May.
ROME. Sunbathing and swimming will be permitted at beaches throughout the Lazio Region from 29 May, following an order signed by regional president N...
Andrea Toscano talks to Wanted in Rome about the current situation of the Italian real estate sector as it deals with the fallout from the coronavirus lockdown.
by Marco Venturini
You are the managing director of Gru...
Italian flag carrier to restore New York and Spain flights from 2 June.
Alitalia is to resume its non-stop flights between Rome and New York, flights with Spain (Rome-Madrid and Rome-Barcelona) and direct connections be...
Rome's Galleria Borghese welcomes 100 visitors on first day open after lockdown.
Galleria Borghese is one of Rome's most magnificent museums.
It is also one of the select few to have reopened following a lockdown tha...
Cinema in Piazza film festival returns to Rome this summer.
2020 has already proved to be a profoundly challenging year for cultural events, particularly ones that involve large crowds, and particularly in Italy.
As...
Wanted in Rome put some questions to the celebrated US artist Jim Dine whose work is the focus of a major exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.
Interview by Marco Venturini
WIR: This retrospective at Pala...
Summer rock festival in Rome cancelled due to coronavirus.
Rock in Roma, an annual rock music festival held each summer in Rome, has been called off due to covid-19 pandemic, organisers announced on 18 May.
Expressin...
News coincides with cancellation of Firenze Rocks music festival.
Guns N' Roses have pulled out of their "Not in This Lifetime Tour 2020" in Europe, cancelling their only Italian date which was to have taken place as pa...
Baths of Caracalla not suited as opera venue due to Italy's social distancing measures to contain coronavirus.
Rome's opera house, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, has made the widely-expected decision to cancel its summer se...
Raphael's final paintings unveiled in the Vatican after shock discovery in 2017.
The Vatican Museums have unveiled the final paintings of the High Renaissance master Raphael, which were discovered during the restoration...
Italy promises transparency as part of a "safe and concrete tourism plan" says Di Maio.
Italy is "ready and prepared" to welcome back European tourists from 3 June onwards, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio told counterpar...
200-metre queue of people waiting for Rome branch of Ikea to reopen.
Ikea has reopened in Rome, along with other shops, bars, restaurants and hairdressers, with the easing of Italy's coronavirus lockdown restrictions on...
Rome urges residents to keep their distance with signs on street pavements.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has launched a new street campaign to remind people to maintain social distancing measures, saying: "We can be close...
Karol Wojtyła was born 100 years ago today.
Pope Francis will offer Mass at the altar of the tomb of St John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on 18 May, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Polish pontiff, bo...
18 May is a key date in Italy's Phase Two in the coronavirus emergency plan.
Italy takes another significant step in restarting its economy after more than two months of covid-19 lockdown, with the reopening of restaura...
Rome museums will reopen gradually from 18 May followed by the reopening of theatres and cinemas on 15 June.
Rome's museums, galleries and archaeological sites begin to reopen from 18 May, on a gradual basis, as Italy e...
Discovery of perfectly preserved sarcophagus at Ostia Antica archaeological park.
An intact terracotta sarcophagus dating from the second century AD has been unearthed alongside the archaeological site of Ostia Antica,...
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